Joanne Leonard
@joleon.bsky.social
Library worker, reader, Gwent player, writer (fantasy).
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Decriminalise abortion and make it a protected human right.
Women’s rights are under threat from the far right.
Nigel Farage just called our current abortion provisions “utterly ludicrous” – and others in power are paying attention.
A vote in Parliament could ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.”
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
MPs are watching.
We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights.
Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Ah, Universe, you do come through occasionally.
June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Ah, Universe, you do come through occasionally.
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It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.
March 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.
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I know it sounds like the ultimate editor-nerd-Stephi thing to have a favorite typo, but...
March 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I know it sounds like the ultimate editor-nerd-Stephi thing to have a favorite typo, but...
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"Have you said thank you even once?"
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Have you said thank you even once?"
I read this column every week, hoping for two people to find joy in each other and this one doesn’t disappoint. Swoons ☺️
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I read this column every week, hoping for two people to find joy in each other and this one doesn’t disappoint. Swoons ☺️
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An evergreen Black Friday/Holiday shopping tip 😉
November 27, 2024 at 1:11 PM
An evergreen Black Friday/Holiday shopping tip 😉
Inching towards the end of my work week with expert help
November 20, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Inching towards the end of my work week with expert help
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This is an absolutely thrilling read. @annamazz.bsky.social has really embraced the thriller genre and it stands up to all I've read before. You all really need to get this on your 2025 reading list.
Notes on a Drowning, out in January @orionbooks.bsky.social
Notes on a Drowning, out in January @orionbooks.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:20 AM
This is an absolutely thrilling read. @annamazz.bsky.social has really embraced the thriller genre and it stands up to all I've read before. You all really need to get this on your 2025 reading list.
Notes on a Drowning, out in January @orionbooks.bsky.social
Notes on a Drowning, out in January @orionbooks.bsky.social
I met a woman on the bus tonight who lives round the corner. She asked how long I’d lived in my street and I was a bit surprised to answer 20 years. She’s lived in her house all her life - her parents bought it four years before she was born, and she’s 72. But then she mentioned her neighbour …
November 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I met a woman on the bus tonight who lives round the corner. She asked how long I’d lived in my street and I was a bit surprised to answer 20 years. She’s lived in her house all her life - her parents bought it four years before she was born, and she’s 72. But then she mentioned her neighbour …
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Starter Pack here for Writers Who Love Make-Up.
Yes, it’s niche and yes, we love both.
Welcome all.
Yes, it’s niche and yes, we love both.
Welcome all.
November 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Starter Pack here for Writers Who Love Make-Up.
Yes, it’s niche and yes, we love both.
Welcome all.
Yes, it’s niche and yes, we love both.
Welcome all.
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now
1. Rare books seller
2. Catering wench on national express coaches
3. Web developer
4. Jumper hawker in the Burtons concession of a Debenhams
5. Waitress
1. Rare books seller
2. Catering wench on national express coaches
3. Web developer
4. Jumper hawker in the Burtons concession of a Debenhams
5. Waitress
1. Make up counter in small department store
2. Saturday girl in Boots (in the days when contraception was kept in a drawer and you had to ask for it 😂)
3. Bank Cashier
4. Merchant banking
5. HR
6. Charity fundraiser (dementia research)
7. Unpaid post Book Blogger 😂
2. Saturday girl in Boots (in the days when contraception was kept in a drawer and you had to ask for it 😂)
3. Bank Cashier
4. Merchant banking
5. HR
6. Charity fundraiser (dementia research)
7. Unpaid post Book Blogger 😂
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’re doing now.
1. Plant waterer
2. Cigarette packer
3. Waitress
4. Receptionist
5. Office temp
6. Bilingual P.A.
7. Police Officer
1. Plant waterer
2. Cigarette packer
3. Waitress
4. Receptionist
5. Office temp
6. Bilingual P.A.
7. Police Officer
November 17, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now
1. Rare books seller
2. Catering wench on national express coaches
3. Web developer
4. Jumper hawker in the Burtons concession of a Debenhams
5. Waitress
1. Rare books seller
2. Catering wench on national express coaches
3. Web developer
4. Jumper hawker in the Burtons concession of a Debenhams
5. Waitress
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Amazingly, Jane Austen lived at a Pizza Express for four months.
November 16, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Amazingly, Jane Austen lived at a Pizza Express for four months.
<sigh> yup. No notes.
November 15, 2024 at 10:56 PM
<sigh> yup. No notes.
Would now like this for all the words, thank you.
November 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Would now like this for all the words, thank you.
I downloaded my archive from Twitter yesterday and deactivated my account, finally. The stream on here has become a river… The feed I shared below is lovely, and I realise I like the whole concept of feeds.
November 15, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I downloaded my archive from Twitter yesterday and deactivated my account, finally. The stream on here has become a river… The feed I shared below is lovely, and I realise I like the whole concept of feeds.
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Bluesky has gotten LOUD! That's not a bad thing, but I've been here a year and a half and I'm getting used to the changes.
Here's a feed I love. It finds the quieter posters from your follows to display only.
These are often your friends or deliberate follows. Give it a try!
Here's a feed I love. It finds the quieter posters from your follows to display only.
These are often your friends or deliberate follows. Give it a try!
November 15, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Bluesky has gotten LOUD! That's not a bad thing, but I've been here a year and a half and I'm getting used to the changes.
Here's a feed I love. It finds the quieter posters from your follows to display only.
These are often your friends or deliberate follows. Give it a try!
Here's a feed I love. It finds the quieter posters from your follows to display only.
These are often your friends or deliberate follows. Give it a try!
Cats just be eating bubblewrap like I don't spend a hundred quid a month on their fancy no added carbs diet.
November 14, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Cats just be eating bubblewrap like I don't spend a hundred quid a month on their fancy no added carbs diet.
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And! Elly has started a cultural highlights Advent Calendar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/advent-calen...
First up, the brilliant Clare Pollard on 90s nostalgia, novels and the big, big cultural event of the year...
First up, the brilliant Clare Pollard on 90s nostalgia, novels and the big, big cultural event of the year...
ADVENT CALENDAR (December 1): Clare Pollard — Galley Beggar Press
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
December 1, 2023 at 10:47 AM
And! Elly has started a cultural highlights Advent Calendar: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/advent-calen...
First up, the brilliant Clare Pollard on 90s nostalgia, novels and the big, big cultural event of the year...
First up, the brilliant Clare Pollard on 90s nostalgia, novels and the big, big cultural event of the year...
This is very good: 'he's ill-suited for any role above that of a regional manager for a third-tier domestic company' is exactly how many of us felt.
Matt Hancock has a variety of problems. They are, in order of importance: his brain, his face, his manner and his record iandunt.substack.com/p/matt-hanco...
Matt Hancock's broken half-formed brain
The man is a dimwit. But the truth about covid is much more disturbing than that.
iandunt.substack.com
December 1, 2023 at 10:42 AM
This is very good: 'he's ill-suited for any role above that of a regional manager for a third-tier domestic company' is exactly how many of us felt.
An exchange in the life of interlibrary loans in 2023:
-please find this article for me.
-We can’t find it, please provide more information.
-I’ve given you everything. What more can I tell you?
Oh maybe that you asked an AI for a list of articles without knowing it just makes shit up.
-please find this article for me.
-We can’t find it, please provide more information.
-I’ve given you everything. What more can I tell you?
Oh maybe that you asked an AI for a list of articles without knowing it just makes shit up.
November 29, 2023 at 1:32 PM
An exchange in the life of interlibrary loans in 2023:
-please find this article for me.
-We can’t find it, please provide more information.
-I’ve given you everything. What more can I tell you?
Oh maybe that you asked an AI for a list of articles without knowing it just makes shit up.
-please find this article for me.
-We can’t find it, please provide more information.
-I’ve given you everything. What more can I tell you?
Oh maybe that you asked an AI for a list of articles without knowing it just makes shit up.
Spent some time writing the bit with the pig this morning, and heard from my husband that the pig they had as a child would undo the latch on the gate to get out. Or you know, just leap the fence. I dunno - they just don’t look like a leaping kind of animal, but apparently I’m wrong.
November 23, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Spent some time writing the bit with the pig this morning, and heard from my husband that the pig they had as a child would undo the latch on the gate to get out. Or you know, just leap the fence. I dunno - they just don’t look like a leaping kind of animal, but apparently I’m wrong.
The other thing about the scene was the necessary presence of thousands of pigeons, which is not the case today, because the square is patrolled by Harris hawks. This deters the pigeons because they think there's a predator. (picture from effectivebirdcontrol.co.uk/projects/tra... )
November 5, 2023 at 9:55 PM
The other thing about the scene was the necessary presence of thousands of pigeons, which is not the case today, because the square is patrolled by Harris hawks. This deters the pigeons because they think there's a predator. (picture from effectivebirdcontrol.co.uk/projects/tra... )
When I moved to London in the late 90s I crossed that road to get to work every day, exiting from the Bakerloo line on the corner of Trafalgar Square. I was so excited to be in *London*, working in a *bookshop*. So now that little flood of nostalgia is just one more reason to love The Core.
Eager to share this joy with my teenager, I pressed him to marvel at the special science font they use for locations, the computers with many randomly opening windows, the dead clown (blink and you miss it) - but then I got transfixed by the view of the National Gallery with traffic in front of it.
November 5, 2023 at 9:47 PM
When I moved to London in the late 90s I crossed that road to get to work every day, exiting from the Bakerloo line on the corner of Trafalgar Square. I was so excited to be in *London*, working in a *bookshop*. So now that little flood of nostalgia is just one more reason to love The Core.